Whereas, on a rewatch the Clueless ending feels closer to an unearned twist and naive first love – much because she’s in high school.
The romance between the two in Emma has a more matureness about it.
Their brother-sister-type relationship isn’t as prevalent here, because they’re romantic chemistry comes off with a kind of obviousness that they’re at first unaware of but isn’t at all surprising from an audiences’ perspective.
By the end of the 2020 movie, you’ll be completely on board with Emma deciding to abandon her previous ideals of remaining outside of relationships when the Josh-equivalent, Johnny Flynn’s Mr. Knightley, confesses his love for her.